Opportunity and preference learning: A reply to Christian Schubert

Economics and Philosophy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 297-303

  Sugden, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Opportunity; opportunity criterion; preference learning; responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930756199     PISSN: 02662671     EISSN: 14740028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266267115000140     Document Type: Review

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